Spondias pinnata (Spondias pinnata)
Description
Spondias pinnata is a deciduous tree, 10-15 m tall (sometimes up to 25 m in height); branchlets yellowish brown and glabrous. The leaves are large, with pairs of leaflets (see illustration) on petioles that are 100-150 mm and glabrous; leaf blades 300-400 mm, imparipinnately compound with 5-11 opposite leaflets; leaflet petiolule 3-5 mm; leaflet blade ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 70-120 - 40-50 mm, papery, glabrous on both sides, with margins that are serrate or entire; the apex is acuminate, lateral veins 12-25 pairs. The inflorescence is paniculate, terminal, 250-350 mm and glabrous, with basal first order branches 100-150 mm. Flowers are mostly sessile and small, white and glabrous; calyx lobes are triangular, approx. 0.5 mm. Petals are ovate-oblong, approximately 2.5 - 1.5 mm; stamens are approximately 1.5 mm. The fruit is a drupe ellipsoid to elliptic-ovoid, olive green becoming yellowish orange at maturity, 35-50 - 25-35 mm; inner part of endocarp woody and grooved, outer part fibrous; mature fruit usually have 2 or 3 seeds. In China, it flowers from April-June and fruits from August-September.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Anacardiaceae
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Genus: Spondias
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